[Prop. 40] Sponsor Nico Karolla w/ 3.5 ETH for 6 Months

Who is Nico?

Nico Istagram

Nicolau dos Anjos Francisco Neto, better known as Nico Karolla, 30 years old. Hi is from Búzios, RJ – Brazil.

With more than 10 years of experience in the nautical area, during his time as sailor he discovers the Jetski Rescue world.

He started to specialize in the area and became the only local of Búzios with jet ski rescue operator certificated, his training was with the Biggest Jet ski Rescuer Alemão de Maresias (Jet ski Driver Biggest Wave New World Record 2022 🏆) and the Big Wave Surfer Carlos Burle! And yes, he is flying, here are some certificated and shredding stuff that he do!

• K38 Open Water- Rescue Water Craft Course, RADA/RAR (Rescue in Difficult Access Areas and High Risk Rescue)

• Water Safety Instructor by the Brazilian Rescue Association. He trained and worked with big names as Alemão de Maresias and Carlos Burle.

Alemão and Nico Training

He trained the Búzios Lifeguard and participated in search and rescue with a jetski with the 18• GBM CBMERJ, CBA V (Fire Command of Area V coastal lowlands).

Ok, nice, but what does he do now?

A month ago, he receive the invitation to be part of the Carlos Burle’s Rescue team. Carlos Burle has the “Burle Experience”. Nico is going to be responsible for master the class for advanced piloting for big waves and pulling/Town in big wave surfers. Nico is going to be the teacher and master the class for jetski surf instructor.

He just been invites to participate in Gigantes de Nazaré. A Big wave championship for pulling big wave riders.

Beside that, Nico is going to participate with Burle and his team at Big waves Search been in all those places that Burle Travels, giving the security and risking his life to Save Big Rider when they wipe out on those monsters waves. He will be in logistics maintenance of jetski and water security.

Nico at Redbull Jet Ski/Alemão at white Jet Ski / Bouth Training with surfers

He works in Big events too, when they hire rescue Team. As the WSL (world Surf League) Saquarema, Brazil. Events with big media, and the Jetski Rescuer are showned getting the surfers to the outside.

Medina and Pedro Scooby

The Jetski stay on the sand in a special Base just for them and near the crowd.

His daily JOB (when there isn’t big waves)

Currently living in Santa Catarina, south Brazil he works in a Piloting school for boat and jetski, teaches basic certificate piloting for civilians and Advanced water safety and Rescue courses to military, Fireman and Lifeguards.

He works as water security on expedition at river and coastal crossing.

Marketing Plan and material

Talking about proliferating Nouns/Gnars brand he works in a lot of different places, travels a lot, participate in Big events and have the company of Big names at surf Industry, great place to proliferate a brand, make the web3 more known with some influence athletes.

The events that he participates has always big media involved, and he is filmed constantly as the WSL event when he gets a pro surfer to the outside line, TVs, Jornals, Big surf Medias filming it and streaming.

JetSki: At the school that he works it has 2 jetskis that is going to be Gnars branded, and 2 brand new jetski coming soon, total of 4 water machines that will be his responsibility.

*He can’t put a sticker on RedBull Jet skis.

His Daily Wetsuit/ board/Vest branded On vest and Wetsuit, so if he needs to use just one or another the brand will be showed.

When he is not on water:

Digital Material and data Media:

Nico’s IG will be the principal way of showing Gnars brand, is his main Media.

Beside having 1.500 followers he has 111.000 account reached / month (the same as 5.000 followers account).

His highest pic of media views.

Here some Videos as example that will be made for Gnars, givin support on Town in, surf piloting classes, and every way that he works we are going to make content.

Video 1 Video 2

Nico Team for Gnars Proposal

Rickyday, web3 enthusiast and Nouns world fan/Builder, is the marketing/brand manager of Sunny Pires (Pro Surfer) at NounsBR, got sponsor by NounsBR and Small Grants in two proposals, winner of 2 place of Jingle contest for NounsBR. Official Sunny video for Nounsbr

He graduated in business school, produced Surf championship in São Paulo coast for 5 years, worked for 1 year at RedBull as brand manager finding new athletes and events that has the brand identity and has proliferation and impact on followers, and that is exactly what his is trying to do at Nouns world, bringing good athletes and gnarly people to web3 world. Now working as a professional captain/skipper and trying to nounify people and places.

He had the idea of bringing Nico to Gnars team because of his proliferation potential and commitment with who support him. Rickyday wrote the proposal and think in all the ways for the brand to be showed, study his potential reaching media, network life, environment that he work, commitment with the sponsors, a lot need to be thought before sponsor someone, and Nico has it all for Gnars.

Rickyday will be his brand manager to help with Marketing/media shredding strategy for better delivery of Gnars.

Grants requested

3,5 ETH for 6 months:

• 2.5 ETH – Nico
• 0.35 ETH producing material for gnarly videos (Close, hat, stickers, painting, etc)
• 0.65 ETH RickyDay Brand managing Nico’s work

EDIT: adding 0.0069ETH to this transaction as proposer fee.

Address: rickyday.eth